Justin Bur has a dual background in urban studies (M.Urb., Université de Montréal 1994) and in computer science (M.Sc., Université de Montréal 1989). After working as a software developer for over twenty years, while in parallel devoting his attention to the railway history of Montreal and the historical evolution of the Mile End area, he entered the Ph.D. program in urban studies at UQAM in 2016 in order to focus on the historical development of Montreal neighborhoods.
His thesis project, with Dany Fougères as adviser, is titled La banlieue électrique de Montréal: vie, travail et transports dans un nouveau quartier, 1895–1935 (Montreal's electric suburbs: life, work and mobility in a new neighborhood). Between the beginning of electric streetcar service in Montreal in September 1892 and the Great Depression of the 1930s, the city's growth was rapid and sustained. During this time, the neighborhoods that are now considered typical of Montreal were built, with their two- and three-storey rowhouses containing superposed flats, usually with outdoor stairways. The first half of the period is the time when streetcars were the dominant form of urban transit; the second half is the time when the automobile started taking over. The project aims to understand the mechanisms of development on the urban fringe, the reasons for the choice of building types, and the relationship between development and streetcar routes.
Since 2008, he has been an active member of local history groups Mile End Memories and the Friends of Saint-Laurent Boulevard. He is also a Montreal tour guide.
Documents
Sessions in which Justin Bur participates
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1540
Paper
Justin Bur, UQAM (Speaker)
Nathalie Charbonneau, Atelier Mobile 3D (Speaker)
Sessions in which Justin Bur attends
Bâtiment 7 - La Taverne
Event
UQAM, Cœur des sciences - Agora Hydro-Québec
Cocktail
Patrick Dieudonné, Université de Bretagne occidentale, Institut de Géoarchitecture, France (Other Participant)
Lucie K. Morisset, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Moderator)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
Event
Lucie K. Morisset, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Moderator)
Dr Miles Oglethorpe, TICCIH (Presenter)
Christian Agbobli, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM) (Presenter)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
Roundtable
Dr Miles Oglethorpe, TICCIH (Moderator)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
Regular session
Luc Noppen, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Moderator)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
Paper
Clarence Hatton-Proulx (Presenter)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
Gérard Beaudet (Keynote speaker)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1540
Regular session
Christina Han, Canadian Industrial Heritage Center (Moderator)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1420
Paper
Dr. Barry L. Stiefel, College of Charleston (Speaker)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1540
Regular session
Christina Han, Canadian Industrial Heritage Center (Moderator)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1540
Paper
Jean Desbiens, Université Laval (Speaker)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1580
Regular session
Lucie K. Morisset, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Moderator)
Bode Morin, Anthracite Heritage Museum (Moderator)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1540
Paper
Andrew Elliott, Library and Archives Canada (Speaker)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
Steven High, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (Speaker)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1525
Paper
Luc Noppen, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Speaker)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
Prof. Laurajane Smith, Australian National University (Speaker)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R910 (access from the metro floor)
Workshop
Daniel Trepal, Michigan Technological University (Moderator)
Don Lafreniere, Michigan Technological University (Moderator)
Sarah F Scarlett, Michigan Technological University | Industrial Heritage and Archaeology Program (Moderator)
Timothy Scarlett, Michigan Technological University (Moderator)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1420
Regular session
Joanne Burgess, Université du Québec à Montréal (Moderator)
Prof. Claudine Déom, University of Montreal (Moderator)
Geneviève Sicotte, Concordia University (Panelist)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
Stefan Berger (Speaker)
Écomusée du fier monde - Piscine
Cocktail
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
Jean-Louis Delaet, Patrimoine industriel Wallonie-Bruxelles (Presenter)
Maria Beatriz Andreotti, Universidade de São Paulo - IAU USP (Presenter)
Alain Gelly, Parks Canada (Presenter)
Lucie K. Morisset, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Presenter)
Jaime Migone Rettig, TICCIH Chile (Presenter)
Joeri Januarius, Center for Industrial Heritage ETWIE (Presenter)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
Cathy Stanton, Tufts University (Speaker)